loading emacs on an SGI Octane

loading emacs on an SGI Octane

[ghoffman]

Hi,

I'm trying to load emacs onto an SGI Octane that runs IRIX 6.5.19.  I have downloaded and unzipped the file for emacs 21.4a, but when I try the ./config command, the script can't find certain necessary files (gcc and cc, in particular).  What is the problem?  If additional files are required to load emacs, what are they and how do I get them.

(Please note that I am a novice at Unix, and completely ignorant of C.  Please be patient and use small common English words.  Thank you.)

Gerry Hoffman

Gerald J. Hoffman
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, PA 16412

814-732-2813

ghoffman@edinboro.edu

Re: loading emacs on an SGI Octane

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 22:00:56 -0400
> From: ghoffman <ghoffman@edinboro.edu>
> 
> I'm trying to load emacs onto an SGI Octane that runs IRIX 6.5.19.  I have downloaded and unzipped the file for emacs 21.4a, but when I try the ./config command, the script can't find certain necessary files (gcc and cc, in particular).  What is the problem?  If additional files are required to load emacs, what are they and how do I get them.

Emacs is distributed in the form of source files that need to be
compiled.  To compile them, you need a compiler for the C programming
language, either GCC or the SGI's own cc.  It sounds like your SGI
system doesn't have a compiler installed.

If you cannot easily find a way to install a C compiler, then I'd
suggest to look on the Internet for a binary distribution of Emacs for
your system.  Sorry, I don't have a URL.

Re: loading emacs on an SGI Octane

[rb]

ghoffman <ghoffman@edinboro.edu> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to load emacs onto an SGI Octane that runs IRIX 6.5.19.  I
> have downloaded and unzipped the file for emacs 21.4a

If you can use version 21.3.1 you can easily obtain a precompiled
version from http://freeware.sgi.com. It's can be installed with inst or
software manager.

Write if you need help.
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